Fluid-drawer and means for attaching same to faucets.



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C. H. BRADLEY. FLUID DRAWER AND MEANS FDR ATTACHING SAME T0 FAUCETS.

(Application tiled Feb. 9, 1899.)

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FLUID-DRAWER AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAME TO FAUCETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.v 636,751, dated November1 14, 1899.

Application filed February 9, 1899. Serial No. 705,011. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES I-L BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fluid-Drawers and Means for Attaching the Same to Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is the production of an improved Huid-drawer and means for attaching the same to faucets, the drawer to be of such construction that the plunger in its upward and downward movements will be controlled and guided and when lowered will closely lit its seat and prevent any leakage whatever of fluid and the attaching means so designed and adapted that the drawer can be applied to faucet-nozzles of different eX- ternal diameters.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain novelties of construction, arrangement, and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the physical embodiment of my improvement-s constructed according to the best modes I have so far devised for applying the principles. l

Figure lis a side view in elevation of a faucet, the nozzle being broken away to show the location and arrangement of the several parts. Fig. 2 is a view ofthe plunger detached( Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a'faucetnozzle with a fluid-drawer attached.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A designates a nozzle; B, a fluid-drawer; S, a part of the body of the drawer which tapers, as shown; Q, an enlarged tapering portion of the drawer; J, a closed slot; J', a closed slot of less length than the slot J; T, a plunger; T', wings of the plunger; U, anotch in the extension of two of the wings of the plunger; I, a lever located in the slots J J' and provided with a nut for holding the same in position; R, a rubber washer fitting between the inside tapering part of the drawer at Q and the external surface of the nozzle, and P vis a threaded jam-nut engaging the upper threaded end of the drawer.

The modus operandi' of the movable elements of the drawerthe lever and plungeris quite obvious. When the projecting end or arm of the lever I is raised by the impinging edge of a glass or other vessel, that part of the lever within the drawer which is normally 'cnt of contact with the plunger will engage the notch U and elevate the plunger' and hold it from its seat. When the lever is lowered, the wings guide the plunger downwardly, so that it will perfectly lit its seat and not take an angular position and leave an opening through which the uid would leak. The wings of the plunger should be made of considerably less diameter than the inside diameter of the drawer, so that their edges will not rest in contact with the surface when the plunger is seated and prevent a close iit of the beveled surfaces of the drawer and plunger.

The method of attaching the drawer to the nozzle of a faucet will likewise be clear upon an inspection of Fig. 3. The threaded nut P is iirst passed over the end of the nozzle. Then the washer R, which frictionally engages the outer surface of the nozzle, is adjusted adjacent the nut. Next the enlarged upper end of the drawer is placed over the nozzle and raised until its upper edge extends above the Washerand contacts with the nut, and, finally, the nut is turned and screwed onto the drawer, compressing the washer and forcing its inner edge or surface against the outer surface of the nozzle. The washer may, however, be placed within the upper end of the drawer and adjusted simultaneously with it when such a course is deemed more convenient.

An inspection of Fig. 3 will show that the drawer and nut do not necessarily frictionally engage the nozzle. In some applications the parts may be in contact; but the washer, compressed and forced against the nozzle, is

the immediate means which holds the drawer in situ and at the same time prevents any leakage of the fluid.

By varying the thickness of the Washer or selecting one adapted for the particular case the drawer can be applied to faucet-nozzles of different external diameters, and this feature is one of the prominent characteristics of the means which I have devised and emrlOy- What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a duid-drawer hav- IOO ing closed slots J, J', of a plunger` T having Wings T,two ofthe said Wings being extended and provided with a notch U; and a lever l located within the slots and When in its lowest position out of Contact with the bottom of the notch but adapted to engage the same when elevated for the purpose ot' raising the plunger from its seat; in substance as set forth.

2. The combination in a fluid-drawer threaded at one end, provided with closed slots J, J', at the other end, and tapering on the inside at those portions of its length designated by Q, and S, of a plunger T having guiding-wings 

